September 19-30

You've made it through the first 2 weeks of school!  If you haven't already turned in your signed Safety Contract and Academic Honesty Contract, please do so ASAP.  Those will be the first 2 "assignments" on your Points Sheet and on Edbox.  I am starting to enter grades, but as far as I know, Edbox is not yet available to students.   Keep an updated Points Sheet and you will know your grade.

• Mon/Tues 9/19-9/20:  Turn in completed Measurement Lab.  Check off Cornell Notes on first 3 entries.  Hand out Points Sheet and get those started.  Notes on Significant Figures and Scientific Notation.  Work time on Sig Fig/Sci Not. worksheet.  Worksheet due on 9/21-9/22.
• Wed/Thurs 9/21-9/22:  Check off Sig. fig/Sci Not and go over.   Notes on data charts and graphs.  Thickness of Aluminum Foil Lab.  Complete worksheet and graph for Fri/Mon.  Short Chapter 1 Test on Fri/Mon.
• Fri/Mon 9/23-9/26:  Turn in Aluminum Foil Lab and Graph.  Review for Chapter 1 Test.  Take test.  Introduce Critical Reader (CR).  First CR due 10/3-10/4.  Notes on Chapter 2 vocabulary and how to solve problems in science.  Get started on Density Problems, due 9/29-9/30.  Read 2.1 and 2.2.
• Tues/Wed 9/27-9/28:  Work on Density Problems.  Introduce Carrot Lab, take data, and start posters. 
• Thurs/Fri 9/29-9/30:  Turn in Density Problems.  Finish Carrot Posters and do Walk Around evaluation.  Liquid Density + Hydrometer Lab.   Remember that your first Critical Reader is due 10/3-10/4.  Read 2.3.